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Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... the investment cycle. "It appears in the investment management agreements, it appears in the stated investment beliefs of a fund and how they apply their policies to their portfolio," Birgden said. "We at Mercer consider ESG ratings to be an important ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC ) has warned the payday lending industry to improve its consumer protections or face more enforcement action. ASIC issued a report recently that found that some payday lenders are "engaging ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... report further suggests a series of incentivisation schemes to encourage projects that result in green bonds - a central fund to provide partial credit guarantees for green municipal revenue bonds, and green public-private partnership project bonds ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Inflection Point Capital Management will launch a Carbon Zero Global Equities long-only hedge fund in May. Matthew Kiernan, founder and chief executive, Inflection Point Capital Management The Carbon Zero Global Equities Fund will incorporate Inflection ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... depends on people who are trapped in a cycle of high-cost debt, and we'd use the term predatory to describe that activity." The fund is invested in Flexigroup, said Tim Starke, portfolio manager at UCA Funds Management. "We had a close look at their ...

GRI, Fundacion ONCE launch disability reporting guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Fundacion ONCE, a leading organization of the European Network for CSR and Disability (CSR+D), have launched a guide for organisations to use in communicating commitments relating to inclusion of people with ...

NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... launched its AU$1 million Impact Investment Grants Program. Corinne Proske, head of community finance and development, NAB The fund will support the development of social enterprises - for-profit businesses that are driven by a social or environmental ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... under management include a diverse range of products, including direct investment in assets, managed funds and superannuation fund products, Edkins said. "We, collectively as specialist ethical investment advisers, are acting as a conduit between the ...